Fire-tongs



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W. P. MANGUM.

FIRE TONGS.

Patented Afig. 16,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILEY P. MANGUM, OF SHERMAN, TEXAS.

FlRE-TONGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,849, dated August16, 1881.

Application filed June 10, 1881. (No model.)

To all whomjit may concern Be it known that I, WILEY P. MANGUM, acitizen of the United States, residing at Sherman, in the county ofGrayson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Domestic Fire-Tongs; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

My invention relates to an improyement in devices for preventing thelegs of fire-tongs from twisting or crossing, and will first bedescribed, and then designated in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a view of a pair of tongshaving my guide device attached, the legs of the tongs being Fig. 2 is aview of the same, but showing the legs of the tongs spread apart. Fig. 3is a top or edge view of the device. Fig. 4 is a perspective end view ofthe slot-piece. Fig. 5 is a transverse side view of a leg with theslot-piece.

. The letter A'designates the handle of an ordinary pairot' tongs; B,one of thelegs, which is immovable with respect to the handle; and B themovable leg, jointed at c.

A guide, which 1 designate the wing, consists of a metal plate, D, shownas having a segment-sh aped or curved form, though, as operated by theconstruction hereinafter described, it may be straight. I prefer to makethe wing rather widesay, as a maximum, one inchas when broad it servesits purpose better. This wing is so constructed as to be readilyattached to any pair of tongs, old or new, This is effected by bendingone end around a mandrel to form an eye, 6, which will fit about a legof an ordinary pair of tongs. This eye is left open and the extremity ofthe bent end f laps over on the wing part, and said extremity isprovided with a set-screw, g, which extends through both parts, and bywhich the open eye may be contracted after it has been placed about theleg, and thus made to tightly clasp the leg. By this construction thewing may be attached, without forging, to any pair of tongs, and itsposition on thelegmay be readily changed so as to haveit higheror lower,as desired, and as indicated in Fig. 1 by broken lines. To the other legis attached a piece which forms a slot, 72, through which the wingpasses. The peculiarity of construction of this part enables it also tobe attached without forging, and with out at all lessening the strengthof the leg.

The slotted piece is formed of a continuous metal bar of such shape asto form two eyes or loops, at, each open on one and the same side, andthence extending slightly from the eyes, and the two extended partsconnected by the parallel parts 1). This bar may be made of wrought-ironforged to the described. shape, or of cast-iron and then malleableized,either mode of manufacture admitting of the two parallel parts 1) beingspread apart to open the eyes or loop at and enable the piece to beplaced about the movable leg of the tongs and then closed thereon,either tightly or loosely. It will serve its purpose although free toslide up and down on the leg.

It will be seen by Fig. 5 the parallel parts 1;, with the leg, serve toform a slot, h, of proper shape and size to allow the wing to movefreely through it.

The end of the wing or guide may be turned or bent a little, as shown atr in Fig. 3, to pre vent it from withdrawing from the slot h.

Constructed as herein shown, the device possesses the advantage overothers heretofore made of being adapted to be applied readily by anunskilled person to any tongs, whether old or new. v

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPntentof the United States- A guide device for preventing the legs offire-tongs from crossing, consisting of a. wingplate, D, having at oneend an open eye, 6, to fit about one leg of the tongs, and attachedthereto, substantially as described, and a slot-pieee having open eyes ato fit about the other leg, and a straight part, 19, attached to thesaid eyes and forming the slot through which the wing may move freely,as set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

W. P. MANGUM Witnesses: J. F. YOUNG, LEWIS W. DENNEY.

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